Jets, Quinnen Williams not shut on extension as different defensive tackles receives a commission: report

Quinnen Williams desires what Dexter Lawrence simply received from the New York Giants, however stories point out the New York Jets will not be near giving him an enormous contract extension simply but.

Lawrence is formally a $90 million man with the Giants after inking a brand new four-year extension final week. It ties him with Washington Commanders sort out Daron Payne for the third-highest common annual worth of a contract within the NFL. Only Los Angeles Rams’ Aaron Donald and Tennessee Titans’ Jeffery Simmons are larger.

According to ESPN, the Jets and Williams will not be near a deal, although GM Joe Douglas mentioned that he’s “optimistic and hopeful” one thing can get completed quickly.

Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets warms up towards the Cincinnati Bengals at MetLife Stadium on September 25, 2022, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

Williams is skipping the staff’s voluntary exercises, and although they will not be obligatory, his deal, or lack thereof, might be a driving issue behind that call.

The offers for Lawrence, Simmons and Payne have actually dictated what the elite defensive sort out market is, and Williams falls in that class.

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The third general decide of the 2019 NFL Draft had a profession 12 months in 2022, incomes first-team All-Pro honors after totaling 12 sacks, 55 mixed tackles, 28 quarterback hits, two compelled fumbles, one fumble restoration and 4 passes defended in 16 video games.

However, the Jets have a little bit of leverage with Williams as he’s at present set to play on his fifth-year possibility in 2023, and the staff can franchise tag him in 2024 if it chooses.

Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets waits for the snap through the second half towards the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 18, 2022, in Cleveland. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images through Getty Images)

But Lawrence was in the identical scenario with the Giants as he was picked 14 choices later than Williams in the identical 2019 draft. Simmons was taken nineteenth general by the Titans that 12 months as properly.

Williams has been arguably higher than each Lawrence and Simmons, so the matter is extra urgent regardless of the Jets’ capability to train the franchise tag. No one desires a star participant, particularly one as impactful as Williams, disgruntled due to their contract.

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The Jets have additionally been occupied this offseason, ensuring that Aaron Rodgers is in place because the staff’s beginning quarterback. They’ve additionally flexed their monetary muscle elsewhere with gamers like Allen Lazard, Randall Cobb, Mecole Hardman and even his brother, Quincy Williams, who received a three-year, $18 million deal after a profitable 2022 season.

There’s clearly time earlier than coaching camp begins, not to mention the common season, however groups and gamers alike would love to seek out frequent floor when contract negotiations are at hand. Perhaps Douglas and the Jets do determine what Williams desires, however his value has been put forth in different offers which have seen ink to paper.

Quinnen Williams of the New York Jets seems on from the sidelines towards the Philadelphia Eagles within the second half of the preseason recreation at Lincoln Financial Field on August 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Williams is slated to make $9.5 million on his fifth-year possibility this season.